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UK
/bˈɔɪkɒt/
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[ US /ˈbɔɪˌkɑt/ ]
[ US /ˈbɔɪˌkɑt/ ]
NOUN
- a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
VERB
- refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
How To Use boycott In A Sentence
- Soon the association was strong enough to boycott local landlords who were evicting their tenants and offering the land to others at increased rents.
- The opposition boycotted and sabotaged an election in February which they would certainly have lost again. Times, Sunday Times
- Across the street, protesters denounced what they called a fraudulent vote and urged a boycott. Undefined
- It is not clear what will happen if opposition parties decide to boycott the Parliament session again today.
- Boycotts have played integral roles in reversing discrimination all over the world. Zack de la Rocha: Why the Boycott of Arizona Continues
- The European Union boycott and American prohibitions are not seriously handicapping Burma.
- With opposition groups still voicing concerns about the March poll date, 16 of the 48 registered political parties boycotted the election.
- It has already been explained that the Papal rescript condemning the plan of campaign and the practice of boycotting is not an utterance ex cathedra.
- It was the culmination of years of boycotts and demonstrations, of freedom rides and sit-ins, of protest and struggle, of sacrifice and suffering.
- The party boycotted the election in protest at alleged vote rigging.